Practical English
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Happiness/Счастья (2012)
And this was the last one. I was pretty sick and required a pretty decent operation. I went to the States for this. It was as all things a debacle. But I came back. People didn’t know why I came back but I came back. Why did I come back? Because I had hope that… Continue reading
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Paradise (2010)
Much like the screenplay from the previous year, Paradise also had three co-writers. Three teenage boys all of whom were top-notch English speakers and genuinely decent human beings. Remiz and Pavel grew up together and Artum was our workhorse. I don’t want to say too much about this dynamic and how it might land a… Continue reading
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Hope/Надежда (2009)
This particular text was maybe a perfect storm. My practice, teaching English, was at its peak. Unfortunately my relationship with my daughter’s mother had deteriorated and she was now trying to control everything through the courts. It was professionally the best time in my life. Personally it was pretty terrible dealing with someone who refused… Continue reading
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Two children’s stories and a story for young adults ( 2007 )
These stories came about on a whim one day when I was struggling with finding enough material for my students to read. The biggest problem is for students who do not really digest information yet. It is either because they truly do not have enough words to be able to have any function or they… Continue reading
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Practical English (2007)
This piece of writing is from a retrospective point of view so I just wish to speak nostalgically about my English method. I supported myself here teaching English very well. Extremely well and I had a large marketplace and perfect reputation. And then I didn’t. Did I mess up? No. The Russians moved in and… Continue reading
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High Society talk
I’m sorry if you have been waiting for my light to come on or wondering if I’ve died or something like that. I wonder about that too sometimes. I’m still around I’m just truly in winter mode. This doesn’t mean that I don’t do anything. I assure you, I’m plenty tired physically and mentally and… Continue reading
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My lesson with Sasha
We just finished reading the story of Lu San in the new Utopian, currently under production, and we ran into a problem so familiar that I thought it really should be here so at least folks could be aware of it. What? What have I done that’s so stupid? Nothing. It’s just a matter of… Continue reading
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